PPA letter Commerce Casino
The opposition to the Commerce Casino is gaining traction. Because casino officials refuse to support a federal gaming bill, poker enthusiasts are officially protesting the powerhouse casino.
Recently, the Poker Player’s Alliance asked poker players to sign a letter urging the casino to change its position. Officially, the casino has said that it opposes Sen. Barney Frank’s bill that will legalize and regular online poker sites. The bill is currently winding its way through congress.
Within a few days, the letter had more than several hundred signatures, but the letter now boasts of more than 7,000 signatures. Some of the signatures include the biggest names in poker, including Annie Duke, Grey Raymer, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Vanessa Rousso, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Phil Laak and Daniel Negreanu.
The casino, located in Southern California, is one of the largest poker rooms in the country. It’s believed that officials at Commerce Casino oppose the federal bill because they would instead prefer passage of a California bill that will legalize online gaming in the state.
The PPA had said it would call for a boycott of the casino if it refused to change its position on the online gaming bill, but for now the PPA has announced it will no longer support events at Commerce Casino. The lobbying group is stopping just short of calling for a full boycott of the casino.
